Anna Karenina (1911 film)

Anna Karenina (Russian: Анна Каренина) was a 1911^[2] Russian short film directed by Maurice Maître.^[3][4]

Anna Karenina
Russian: Анна Каренина
Directed by	Maurice Maître
Written by	Leo Tolstoy
Based on	Anna Karenina 1878 novel by Leo Tolstoy
Starring	Maria Sorochtina M. Trojanov Nikolai Vasilyev
Cinematography	Joseph-Louis Mundwiller
Production company	Bratja Pate
Release date	February 10, 1911 (1911-02-10) Denmark
Running time	15 min.[1]
Country	Russian Empire
Language	Silent

Plot

The film was based on the 1878 novel Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy.

Countess Anna Karenina vacillates between her lover, Vronsky, and her husband, Count Karenin. Anna's love for Vronsky causes her great pain and social pressure. Vronsky wants Anna to leave her husband, but Vronsky soon goes off to war, rendering her helpless. Anna feels lonely, begins to lose her mind, and eventually throws herself in front of a train.

Cast

• M. Sorochtina as Anna Karenina
• M. Trojanov as Karenin
• Nikolai Vasilyev as Vronsky
• Mamonova
• A. Veskov^[5]
• Nikolai Vekov

Critical response

Lev Anninsky: The typically French direction of Maitre and the performance of Vasilyev, who persistently imitated French actors, must have greatly narrowed the psychological range of this picture. It didn't turn out to be a masterpiece.^[6]